Why do car repair shops always assume you can leave while they work on your car?

Etterra@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 95 points –

Serious question. I only have the one car. I know there are people with more money than sense that have more cars than they can actually drive at a time, and that there are couples who may or may not be able to drive their SO to the mechanic. But how can they _assumef that I can even afford a cab, well Uber these days, when I'm about to have them hundreds of dollars getting my busted-ass, POS car fixed?

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Nah, I have to disagree. People in general are FAR too eager to declare walking and biking as not viable. But the cars! I'll get run over! But the walk! It's more than two blocks, how can I survive without driving! Etc.

But this is exactly what I'm talking about. You're assuming everyone lives in the cities and suburbs while forgetting that there are people who live in rural areas and are more than 10 miles from the nearest shop.

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